D-ID vs Yepic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, D-ID grades higher than Yepic: 2.2 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
D-ID grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Which one is for you
Pick D-ID if
- Fits if you turn scripts into talking-head videos without filming
- Works for developers who need an avatar API or live avatar agents
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need prices up front, since the plan table loads by script and was not readable
- Tight if you are on the trial or Lite, as their videos carry a watermark
- Watch out: unused minutes are lost each month, and length rounds up to the next 15 seconds
- Watch out: API pricing is separate from the Studio plans
Pick Yepic if
- Fits if you run a bank, airport or hospital and need avatars kept on your own servers
- Works for teams that want an on-premise AI video deployment and have a security review to pass
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a self-service plan, because the pricing page says those are gone
- Not for you if you need to know the price before talking to anyone, as none is published
- Too light for a solo creator wanting quick talking-head videos: it's built around scoped enterprise deals
- Watch out: the site menu still shows Studio, talking photos and VidVoice, but the pricing page describes something different
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAD-IDFair | 1.6GPAYepicWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price could be read, because plan prices load by script on the pricing page, so there is nothing to set against the $10 middle for image tools. | CNo price is published: the pricing page says engagements are scoped per customer. With nothing on record to compare, it sits in the middle. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free trial exists, with a full-screen watermark, and free accounts are kept for 6 months of inactivity. How long it lasts and whether a card is needed were not readable. | FNothing free. The pricing page says self-service plans are gone, and a managed cloud demo is arranged through the company. |
| Features | CAvatar videos from a script, avatar agents for live chat, video translation, an API and a self-hosting option. Video length rounds up to the next 15 seconds. | CReal-time avatars, answers drawn from your own data, cloud or on-premise deployment and an API. It's a narrow, enterprise-shaped slice of the category, and older Studio and talking-photo pages still sit in the menu. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Video minutes round up to 15 seconds and do not carry over, so budgeting is part of learning it. | CNo store rating on record. Getting started means a call with the company, then a scoped deployment. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb studio plus a developer API that shares the same minutes balance, and a self-hosting option. No phone or desktop app is listed. | CWeb only, with an API for building it into your own product. No desktop or phone apps and no list of integrations. |
| Best for | talking avatar videos from a script | private AI avatars for regulated organisations |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: D-ID and Yepic. How we grade
Where they differ
In commonWebPublic APIAI featuresVideo generationText to speech
At a glance
| D-ID | Yepic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | D-ID | Yepic AI Ltd. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
D-ID
- Plan prices load by script on the pricing page and could not be read as page text, so none are recorded.
- Minutes renew monthly and unused minutes are lost; video length rounds up to the next 15 seconds.
- Trial and Lite plan videos carry a watermark, a full-screen one on the trial.
Yepic
- No prices are published: the pricing page says engagements are scoped per customer.
- The pricing page says Yepic no longer offers self-service SaaS plans.
- Older product pages (Studio, talking photos, VidVoice) still appear in the site menu but the page describes enterprise deployments.
Key features
D-ID
- AI video generator
- Creates avatar videos from a script in the Studio web app.
- AI avatar agents
- A separate AI Avatar Agent product and a Natural User Interface for live conversations.
- Video translate
- Video Translate is listed among the products.
- API
- A developer API shares the same minutes balance as the web app, with separate API pricing.
- Self-hosting
- The navigation lists a self-hosting option.
Yepic
- Real-time avatars
- Interactive AI avatars that respond in roughly a second, per the vendor.
- Grounded in your data
- Avatars answer from the customer's own first-party data rather than a generic model.
- Emotion-aware responses
- The vendor says avatars read voice, language and expression and adapt tone and pace.
- Cloud or on-premise
- Deployments can run in a managed cloud account or on the customer's own GPUs.
- API access
- Real-time avatars and AI video can be integrated into a customer's own product.
Plans
D-ID
Pricing could not be confirmed. See d-id.com.
Yepic
Pricing could not be confirmed. See yepic.ai.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, D-ID or Yepic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, D-ID has no price we could confirm, and Yepic has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, D-ID or Yepic?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither D-ID nor Yepic has a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.